Post by Julie on May 20, 2005 19:36:39 GMT -5
I can't see New York
From here
no Lines are
drawn
From here
no lands
are owned
During deep saddness and insane madness and chaos and fear, humanity plays many roles. There's the craziness of panic and then there's the extreme humanity and care for others and that is where no lines are drawn.
13,000 and Holding
swallowed
in the purring
of her Engines
So many lives being taken by a plane's crash into this building, it's overwhelming to no limit.
tracking the Beakon
here
"is there a Signal
there
on the other side"
on the other side?
what do you mean side of
what things?
and you said
and you did
and you said
you would find me
here and you said you would
find me even in Death
and you said
and you said
You'd find me
Scarlet is feeling this other's woman's horror on the plane and she is hoping that she will make it as others were hoping and praying for days that their loved ones survived.
But
I can't see New York
as I'm circling down
through white cloud
falling out
It's hard to see where you really are when chaos like this hits. You feel like you aren't even on Earth because this is so unusal and scary.
and
I know his lips
are warm
but I can't seem
to find my way out
my way out
The good thoughts that you try to think about when terrible, awful, hurrendous things are going on. Things you can't wait to get back to. In this case, the warm lips of her love.
I can't see New York
as I'm circling Down
through white cloud
falling out
and
I know his
lips are warm
but I can't
seem to find
my way out
my way out
of
this Hunting ground
A hunting ground is what it feels like for her. Things are blowing up and people are running.
From here
crystal meth
In
meters of millions
In
the end
all we have,
soul blueprint.
I think the soul blueprint being all they have left is kind of like when you can't lose anything else, you still have your heart and that's where human kindness can take place.
did we get
lost in it
do we
conduct a
search
for this
"from the other
side"
from the other
side?
what do they mean side of
what things . . .
and you said
and you did
and you said
youw ould find me
here and you said that you would
find me even in Death
and you said
and you said
You'd find me
But
I can't see New York
as I'm circling down
through white cloud
falling out
and
I know his lips
are warm
but I can't seem
To find my way out
my way out
I can't see New York
as I'm circling down
through white cloud
falling out
and
I know your lips
are warm
but I can't seem
to find my way
my way out
of your hunting ground
you again
It's you again
I can't see
I can't see
New York
from the other side
from the other side
I Hum
from the
other side
Here's Tori's description of it:
"Tori Amos wrote the searing I Can't See New York, included on her upcoming Scarlet's Walk, in which an airplane passenger's future - and perhaps her life - is obfuscated by clouds, dust, and death."
-- Washington CityPaper, 09/2002
From Boston, the story switches to New York, where Scarlet witnesses a plane crash in mid-air. Tori was in the city on September 11 and I CAN'T SEE NEW YORK is a story with obvious echoes of that fateful day. "When they watched it on TV , people had to remind themselves that it wasn't a movie. Being there and being able to smell it, you knew that it was reality."
-- Scarlet's Walk bio
"She thinks she's got it all figured out and then she, um, she goes to Boston airport. And that is when the thread leaves her and follows another woman on a different plane. And Scarlet takes a little plane. And she gets into New York and she gets into New York City where she sees this plane that this other woman is on that the thread, mm, followed and tied itself to. She sees this plane crash above New York City. And...the thread comes back to her while she's on the ground and in the panic and the chaos that happens she's able to see and hear what this woman went through before she died. So she takes that thread with her. And she doesn't leave New York, I think it's almost like uhh feeling a friend that's wounded. Not wanting to leave their side. At a certain point though, she goes. It's time for her to go."
-- Scarlet Stories CD
From here
no Lines are
drawn
From here
no lands
are owned
During deep saddness and insane madness and chaos and fear, humanity plays many roles. There's the craziness of panic and then there's the extreme humanity and care for others and that is where no lines are drawn.
13,000 and Holding
swallowed
in the purring
of her Engines
So many lives being taken by a plane's crash into this building, it's overwhelming to no limit.
tracking the Beakon
here
"is there a Signal
there
on the other side"
on the other side?
what do you mean side of
what things?
and you said
and you did
and you said
you would find me
here and you said you would
find me even in Death
and you said
and you said
You'd find me
Scarlet is feeling this other's woman's horror on the plane and she is hoping that she will make it as others were hoping and praying for days that their loved ones survived.
But
I can't see New York
as I'm circling down
through white cloud
falling out
It's hard to see where you really are when chaos like this hits. You feel like you aren't even on Earth because this is so unusal and scary.
and
I know his lips
are warm
but I can't seem
to find my way out
my way out
The good thoughts that you try to think about when terrible, awful, hurrendous things are going on. Things you can't wait to get back to. In this case, the warm lips of her love.
I can't see New York
as I'm circling Down
through white cloud
falling out
and
I know his
lips are warm
but I can't
seem to find
my way out
my way out
of
this Hunting ground
A hunting ground is what it feels like for her. Things are blowing up and people are running.
From here
crystal meth
In
meters of millions
In
the end
all we have,
soul blueprint.
I think the soul blueprint being all they have left is kind of like when you can't lose anything else, you still have your heart and that's where human kindness can take place.
did we get
lost in it
do we
conduct a
search
for this
"from the other
side"
from the other
side?
what do they mean side of
what things . . .
and you said
and you did
and you said
youw ould find me
here and you said that you would
find me even in Death
and you said
and you said
You'd find me
But
I can't see New York
as I'm circling down
through white cloud
falling out
and
I know his lips
are warm
but I can't seem
To find my way out
my way out
I can't see New York
as I'm circling down
through white cloud
falling out
and
I know your lips
are warm
but I can't seem
to find my way
my way out
of your hunting ground
you again
It's you again
I can't see
I can't see
New York
from the other side
from the other side
I Hum
from the
other side
Here's Tori's description of it:
"Tori Amos wrote the searing I Can't See New York, included on her upcoming Scarlet's Walk, in which an airplane passenger's future - and perhaps her life - is obfuscated by clouds, dust, and death."
-- Washington CityPaper, 09/2002
From Boston, the story switches to New York, where Scarlet witnesses a plane crash in mid-air. Tori was in the city on September 11 and I CAN'T SEE NEW YORK is a story with obvious echoes of that fateful day. "When they watched it on TV , people had to remind themselves that it wasn't a movie. Being there and being able to smell it, you knew that it was reality."
-- Scarlet's Walk bio
"She thinks she's got it all figured out and then she, um, she goes to Boston airport. And that is when the thread leaves her and follows another woman on a different plane. And Scarlet takes a little plane. And she gets into New York and she gets into New York City where she sees this plane that this other woman is on that the thread, mm, followed and tied itself to. She sees this plane crash above New York City. And...the thread comes back to her while she's on the ground and in the panic and the chaos that happens she's able to see and hear what this woman went through before she died. So she takes that thread with her. And she doesn't leave New York, I think it's almost like uhh feeling a friend that's wounded. Not wanting to leave their side. At a certain point though, she goes. It's time for her to go."
-- Scarlet Stories CD
